XPS (XML Paper Specification) is a fixed-layout document format designed to preserve document fidelity and provide device-independent document appearance. It is similar to PDF, but is based on XML rather than PostScript. If you want to save a Word document to a fixed-layout file format, XPS would be an option. This article will demonstrate how to convert Word documents to XPS in C# and VB.NET using Spire.Doc for .NET.

Install Spire.Doc for .NET

To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.Doc for.NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLL files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.

PM> Install-Package Spire.Doc

Convert Word to XPS in C# and VB.NET

The following are the detailed steps to convert a Word document to XPS using Spire.Doc for .NET:

• Initialize an instance of Document class.
• Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
• Save the Word document to XPS using Document.SaveToFile(string filePath, FileFormat fileFormat) method.

using Spire.Doc;
namespace ConvertWordToXps
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a Document instance
            Document doc = new Document();
            //Load a Word document
            doc.LoadFromFile("Sample.docx");
            //convert the document to XPS
            doc.SaveToFile("ToXPS.xps", FileFormat.XPS);
        }
    }
}

Imports Spire.Doc

Namespace ConvertWordToXps
    Friend Class Program
        Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
            'Create a Document instance
            Dim doc As Document = New Document()
            'Load a Word document
            doc.LoadFromFile("Sample.docx")
            'convert the document to XPS
            doc.SaveToFile("ToXPS.xps", FileFormat.XPS)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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XPS is short for XML Paper Specification developed by Microsoft, which is a specification for a page description language and a fixed-document format. It comes out by Microsoft’s initiative to associate file creation with reading in its Windows operating system. Like PDF, XPS plays a loyal role to preserve document with offering device-independent document appearance. Editing in XPS or in PDF seems difficult.

As a flexible and professional component, Spire.PDF for .NEToffers a large variety conversion, among which the conversion from XPS to PDF is one of its popular feature. In addition, Spire.PDF for .NET can be applied in WinForm, ASP.NET and Console Application.

The following code example shows how to convert XPS files to PDF document.

Step 1: Introduce a class named pdfDocument which is used to initialize a Spire.PDF.PdfDocument, and load a XPS file by calling the method of LoadForm File.

PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
doc.LoadFromFile(xpsFile,FileFormat.XPS);

Step 2: Only needs one row of simple code. Call the SavetoFile method of Spire.PDF.pdfDocument to save all the data as PDF formart.

doc.SaveToFile(pdfFile, FileFormat.PDF);

After this code, run this application and you will see the PDF converted from XPS.

Screenshot before converting XPS to PDF:

Screenshot after converting XPS to PDF:

Spire.BarCode for .NET is a professional barcode component specially designed for .NET developers (C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET) to generate, read 1D & 2D barcodes. Developers and programmers can use Spire.BarCode to add Enterprise-Level barcode formats to their .net applications (ASP.NET, WinForms) quickly and easily. Below is how to use Spire.BarCode for .NET.

Step 1: Create Project

Create a C#/VB.NET Windows Forms Application project in visual studio, name it Barcode.

Step 2: Add Spire.Barcode.dll

• In Toolbox, right-click the blank area, select "Add Tab", name it "Spire.Barcode Controls".
• Right-click "Spire.Barcode Controls", select "Choose Items", select ".NET Framework Components", Click "Browse", find the Spire.Barcode.dll and double-click it.
• Then you will see "BarCodeControl" shown in "Spire.Barcode Controls" in Toolbox.

Step 3: Add Controls

Here is what the window looks like:

Step 4: Generate Barcode Image

btnCreate_Click is the method to generate barcode image. There are two import classes-BarCodeControl and BarCodeGenerator in this method. BarCodeControl stores information about barcode.

Here are some introductions about some of its properties:

BarCodeGenerator is the class to generate barcode image. Its constructor takes one parameter – a BarCodeControl instance. It has a method called GenerateImage() whose return value is Image object to generate image.

//Generate the barcode based on the this.barCodeControl1
BarCodeGenerator generator = new BarCodeGenerator(this.barCodeControl1);
Image barcode = generator.GenerateImage();
            
//save the barcode as an image
barcode.Save("barcode.png");

'Generate the barcode based on the barCodeControl1
Dim generator As New BarCodeGenerator(barCodeControl1)
Dim barcode As Image = generator.GenerateImage()

'save the barcode as an image
barcode.Save("barcode.png")

Step 5: Scan Barcode Image

BarcodeScanner is the class to scan barcode image. Call its method Scan with the Bitmap object containing the barcode image, it returns a string [] value where the scanning result is stored.

And btnScan_Click uses the class BarcodeScanner to scan barcode image in its code.

Here is the code in btnScan_Click.

private void btnScan_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//scan the barcode
string[] datas = Spire.Barcode.BarcodeScanner.Scan("barcode.png");

//show the scan result
this.TextB_ScanResult.Text = datas[0];
}

Private Sub btnScan_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnScan.Click
'scan the barcode
Dim datas() As String = Spire.Barcode.BarcodeScanner.Scan("barcode.png")

'show the scan result
Me.TextB_ScanResult.Text = datas(0)
End Sub

Step 6. Running

Run the project. You will see a window opened.

Put in some settings and click the button "Create". You will see the generated barcode image.

Click the button "Scan". You will see the barcode text shown in TextB_ScanResult.